Igor Paskar
Igor Paskar, born 1976, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack); Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “The case of setting the entrance checkpoint of the Department of the Federal Security Service and a Z banner in Krasnodar on fire”. Sentence (May 31, 2023): 8.5 years' imprisonment. Paskar is to spend the first 3 years in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 25, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Tomsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 12, 2023.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Krasnodar · Entrepreneurs, Manual workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
8 years 6 months
8.5 years' imprisonment. Paskar is to spend the first 3 years in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony
Upheld September 19, 2024
Charges
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack
- Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, Paskar threw a Molotov cocktail into the hall of the Krasnodar branch of the Federal Security Service. The police has found the tubes with the blue and yellow paint in his possession. Allegedly, before throwing the Molotov cocktail, Paskar has painted his face with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. That has not been confirmed. Apart from that, he is charged with setting a banner with the letter "Z" and the words "We don’t abandon our people" on fire.
Latest event
November 24, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 12, 2023
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of setting the entrance checkpoint of the Department of the Federal Security Service and a Z banner in Krasnodar on fire
Criminal case
The case of setting the entrance checkpoint of the Department of the Federal Security Service and a Z banner in Krasnodar on fire
- Case number
- 1-51/2023 (1-208/2022;)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Tomsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
636840, Томская область, г. Асино, ул. Мичурина, 7, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Томской области», Паскарь Игорь Константинович, 1976 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Volgograd. Has been convicted of theft and drug trafficking. According to unconfirmed information, he participated in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow in 2021. At the first session Paskar talked about torture after his detention. In February 2023, it was reported that the letters have not been passed on to Paskar in the pre-trial detention centre since the New Year. In March it emerged that that the letters were being passed again. On 31 May Paskar was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony. In the pre-trial detention centre Paskar has been beaten, presumably by the war veterans, with whom he was placed.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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